QATAR NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY Objective 4: Foster a culture of cyber security that promotes the safe and appropriate use of cyberspace. Initiative Action Enhance cyber security awareness across society using multiple channels §§ Establish and maintain national cyber security awareness across different demographic groups, such as young children, students, parents, older adults, government employees, small and medium-sized enterprises, chief executive officers, and others §§ Create an awards program to recognize excellence in cyber security for key contributions, such as innovative solutions and services or implementation of security controls and best practices Encourage individuals to use cyber safety tools and solutions to protect against cyber threats §§ Work with Internet service providers (ISP) and others to help individual users determine the health of their devices §§ Work with colleges and universities to develop and implement Promote the cyber security curricula and educational programs at the development and graduate and post-graduate levels delivery of cyber security education in schools, §§ Work with schools to establish cyber safety education colleges, and universities programs as well as provide school teachers and administrators with materials to support the delivery of cyber safety education Objective 5: Develop and cultivate national cyber security capabilities. Initiative Action Develop and maintain a professional cyber security workforce §§ Develop a cyber security workforce competency model Foster business opportunities and strengthen the competitiveness of the cyber security industry in the public and private sectors §§ Hold a Cyber Innovation Challenge to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to develop innovative cyber security solutions and services Invest in research to develop and commercialize innovative cyber security technologies and solutions §§ Develop a national cyber security research and development agenda to drive investment in solutions that can be rapidly transitioned from development to operation 16 §§ Establish local and national cyber security competitions for different age groups to identify and recognize highly talented Qataris, develop their cyber skills, and encourage them to pursue careers in cyber security §§ Establish strategic partnerships with local and international universities, institutes, and research organizations for cyber research and development projects